(a) the number of airconditioned warehouses maintained by Central Warehousing Corporation throughout the country to keep horticultural products;
(b) whether the Government propose to construct more warehouses in the country; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC
DISTRIBUTION ( SHRI SRIRAM CHAUHAN )
(a) The Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) has got one owned air-
conditioned warehouse at Calcutta with a capacity of 1500 Metric Tonnes
where chemicals, pharmaceuticals and seed are stored. The CWC is also
operating four cold-storages at the following centres :-
S.No. Name of the centre Capacity Commodity Stored (in Metric Tonnes)
Owned Hired
1. Nimak Mahal Road (West Bengal) 0 1500 Seeds, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals
2. Agartala (Tripura) 1000 0 Potatoes
3. Nampally
(Andhra Pradesh) 600 0 Yeast, Tamarind
4. Turbhe(Maharashtra) 0 2674 Photographic film, Dates, Pharmaceuticals